FMD 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ancient Near East, Kaunakes, Enki

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Ancient mesopotamia= ancient middle east (covered modern day. Those who lived in this area where originally called sumerians: they lasted from 3500-2500 bc, they wore mostly draped clothing. Historical background: sumerians lasted between 3500-2500 b. c, akkadian from 2334-2279 b. c, babylonians from 1792-1750 b. c, assyrians after 1000 b. c, chaldeans in 612 b. c, cyrus in 539 b. c. Babylon 2500-1000 b. c: established by the akkadian empire, became independent city state in 1894 b. c, present day remains 53 miles south of baghdad, wool was primary textile produced by women, defined social classes: free men, poor, slaves. Assyrians 100-600 b. c: once controlled by babylonians, militaristic, weaponry-iron swords, cruel army-hated & feared. Wore floor length tunics under long fringed shawls that created horizontal, vertical, and diagonal arrangement of fringes. Assyrian leaders adopted the styles of the. Longer beards arranged in ringlets, perhaps created with hot irons: assyrian women: Tu(cid:374)i(cid:272)s had so(cid:373)e(cid:449)hat lo(cid:374)ger slee(cid:448)es tha(cid:374) (cid:373)e(cid:374)"s.

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